63Th Indian Independence Day Protest

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63rd Indian Independence Day Protest

This is an open call to all to come and support this demonstration that will take place outside the Indian High Commission on the 15^th of August 2010 which will coincide with the 63rd Indian Independence day!

Let this be the occasion where we can let the Indian Establishment know that so many minoritiesin Indian are not satisfied with the way they have been treated in "Independent India" which calls itself the world's largest "democracy".

Postal Address of the High Commission of India in London is:

High Commission of India

India House

Aldwych

London

WC2B 4NA

Location: Adjacent to BushHouse (BBC World Services Office) and opposite to the Waldorf Hotel.

NearestTube Stations: Holborn, Covent Garden, Temple and Charing Cross.

Sunday 15^th August 2010

12pm – 3pm

Link -

http://britishsikhst...x/?page_id=1450

See poster for contact details -

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Please contact your local gurdwara to arrange coaches.

If you gurdwara management committee says no, please let BSSF know,

so they can sort something out.

Please attend in large numbers.

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Photo's from the Protest -

It proved to be the most successful Indian Independence day Protest in the UK ever as over 7 communities attended which over 1000 people throughout the day!

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Sikhs,Kashmiris and Nagas re-affirm Freedom Struggles

India's 63rd Independence Day: Joint Statementby leading Diaspora Groups

Representing a commonfront against Indian imperialism we join hands, on this 63^rdanniversary of Indian independence, to re-affirm our unshakeable commitment tosecure freedom for our respective nations and to call on the internationalcommunity to dismantle the illegal occupation of our homelands by a terroriststate. Its militaristic modus operandi has now also become a danger to wider regionalpeace and security; the world community must counter the growing threat itposes and bring justice to tens of millions of oppressed people in the mostdangerous part of the world.

Since 1947 India hasforcibly denied our sovereign rights under international law; the rights todetermine our own political status, to control our natural resources and toprotect our populations and territories from human rights abuses amounting togenocide. It has blatantly told the United Nations that it does not even recognisethe right of self-determination for those nations under its occupation, despitethe clear provisions of international law and state practice - which haveoverseen the independence of many nations in recent years. It has brazenly ignoredthe UN Security Council's own express resolution requiring a plebiscite in thedisputed territory of Jammu & Kashmir. None of the catastrophic conflicts inKashmir, Khalistan, Nagalim, Assam, Manipur and Bodoland are anywhere nearresolution; responsible world opinion must ask why so many near-identical andintractable conflicts have arisen from a common source and how to now peaceablyresolve them.

In its efforts tofrustrate our national rights India has deployed the full might of its armed forcesagainst civilian populations, casually killing hundreds of thousands in theprocess. The world's pre-eminent human rights organisations have documented thesystematic abuses in which pogroms, extra-judicial killings, disappearances,rape, torture, illegal detention and extortion have become routine, allsupported by a clear policy of immunity for the perpetrators and 'emergencylaws' which breach basic international humanitarian standards. Again, those whopropagate the rule of law must ask why such massive state terror has been allowedto go unpunished for so long and how best to now hold those responsible toaccount.

In August 2009, theUnited States Commission for International Religious Freedoms put India on its'watchlist' of states that fail to protect minority religious groups. Recentyears have seen mass violence directed towards Christians, Muslims and Sikhs andtheir places of worship, with the connivance of security forces, disinterest ofthe courts and blatant instigation from Indian politicians who continue to holdhigh office.

It is both appropriateand necessary at this time to bring India in to line with international law andstandards. Only the break up of this monolithic state, which has never servedthe interests of the peoples under its control, will offer the region genuinefreedom, real security and equitable economic progress. The peaceful exerciseof self-determination by our nations in our homelands should be overseen by theUnited Nations, which will need to promote that outcome by imposing stringentsanctions on an intransigent and increasingly menacing power.

The establishment of aspecial international criminal court to punish Indian genocide perpetrators andthe ejection of India from the UN's human rights bodies are urgently necessarymeasures if justice is to be delivered to the millions who have suffered thehuman misery of these completely avoidable conflicts.

Pending India'scompliance with fundamental norms of civilised behaviour we urge theinternational community to reject out of hand any notion of agreeing to India'sdemand for a permanent seat at the UN Security Council. It would surely beperverse to reward an aggressor and a serial violator of international law witha veto power that it would use to frustrate the one institution that can andshould hold it to account. India's refusal to sign the NuclearNon-proliferation Treaty, together with its massive spend on nuclear armamentswhilst millions of its citizens live in poverty, demonstrates its belligerencewhich in itself should rule it out of contention for a permanent seat.

Unless India immediatelystops its ongoing brutalities and agrees to international intervention topunish those guilty of rights abuses, we would urge Governments, athletes andspectators alike to boycott the 2010 Commonwealth Games scheduled to take placein October in the Indian capital. India needs to be shamed not feted in thelight of the atrocities it continues to commit on a daily basis.

At a time when SouthAsia is the likely flashpoint of any future major war, it behoves policy makersto remedy the errors of British de-colonisation in 1947 which are directly contributingto the current instability. India is not and has never been a nation; as anartificial construct it has simply become a failed state which merits no'independence' celebrations. Britain has a special responsibility forcorrecting those historic mistakes and, as our members protest at theinjustices of the last 63 years in London today, we call on our friends inBritain to take a lead in that process.

London, 15 August 2010

All Parties International Kashmir Co-ordination Committee

Council of Khalistan, Dal Khalsa, British Sikh Students Federation,British Sikh Federation,

Shiromani Akali Dal(Amritsar), Khalistan Government in Exile, United Khalsa Dal

Naga Support Group (UK), The Naga International Support Centre

link:

http://britishsikhst...x/?page_id=1538

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